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Patient-tailored algorithm for laparoscopic cruroplasty standardization: comparison with hiatal surface area and
Alberto Aiolfi1, Andrea Sozzi2, Marta Cavalli2
1Department of Biomedical Science for Health, Division of General Surgery, University of Milan, Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, Via Luigi Giuseppe Faravelli, 16, 20149, Milan, Italy. alberto.aiolfi86@gmail.com.
Langenbeck'S Archives of Surgery
|May 18, 2022
Summary
A new patient-tailored algorithm (PTA) effectively guides mesh use in laparoscopic hiatus hernia (HH) repair, showing high concordance with hiatal surface area (HSA) measurements. This approach enhances standardization and reproducibility in HH surgery.
Area of Science:
- Gastroenterology and Surgical Innovation
- Minimally Invasive Surgery Techniques
- Hernia Repair Research
Background:
- Laparoscopic hiatoplasty and hiatus hernia (HH) repair methods lack standardization.
- Surgeons' preferences dictate hiatus reinforcement with mesh.
- Hiatal surface area (HSA) is a metric for standardization, suggesting mesh for areas > 4 cm².
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce a novel patient-tailored algorithm (PTA) for laparoscopic HH repair.
- To compare the PTA's effectiveness in predicting mesh use against HSA.
- To analyze surgical outcomes and quality of life after repair using the PTA.
Main Methods:
- Retrospective, single-center study of adult patients undergoing laparoscopic HH repair (Sept 2018-Sept 2021).
- Outcomes assessed via GERD-HRQL and RSI for quality of life.
- Comparison of PTA-guided mesh use versus HSA criteria.
Main Results:
- Fifty patients (median age 61, BMI 26.7) underwent repair.
- PTA indicated mesh in 46% (23/50) vs. HSA in 52% (26/50).
- High PTA-HSA concordance (94%); improved GERD-HRQL (p<0.001) and RSI (p=0.001); low recurrence (6%) and complication (4%) rates.
Conclusions:
- The patient-tailored algorithm (PTA) is effective for standardizing cruroplasty in HH repair.
- PTA demonstrates high concordance with HSA but offers greater ease and immediate availability.
- PTA adoption may improve standardization, reproducibility, and surgical training in HH repair.
